If poor people's views are repeatedly postponed in a panchayat meeting citing lack of time which value is affected?

Correct answer: Equal and real hearing

Direct answer: C is correct. A democratic meeting must give different groups a genuine chance to present concerns and be heard before decisions are made. Repeatedly postponing poor people's views because they have less power or status does not provide meaningful participation. It may leave them formally present but practically excluded. A is unrelated because voting secrecy concerns keeping a voter's choice private during an election. B is only a symbol used to identify a candidate or party and is not a value about listening. D concerns taxation and does not describe the democratic problem in the meeting. C is correct because equal and real hearing means that weaker or less powerful citizens are not merely invited but are actually listened to and considered. Memory cue: presence is not participation; being in the room matters only when a person can be heard and considered.